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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/105607; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk>
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes panic)
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:01:03 -0500

 On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 10:03:07PM +0000, Aled Morris wrote:
 > Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > 
 > >>I tried.  The problem is in loading kernel modules.  Panic every time.
 > >>
 > >>IPFW compiled-in to the kernel works fine.
 > >>
 > >>Now what do I do?  submit a new PR for the KLD problem?
 > >>   
 > >>
 > >
 > >No, it's not really a bug, but a design limitation in the way things
 > >are compiled on sparc.
 > >
 > >Kris
 > > 
 > >
 > KLD isn't expected to work on sparc64?
 
 As I said, not if you have too much memory.  Apparently =4GB is
 already too much, but lesser amounts do work.
 
 > There should be a note about this in the release notes or on the website 
 > or something (maybe I missed it?)
 
 Not sure if/where it's documented, so yeah, maybe it could be more
 prominent.
 
 Kris